The 1 , 17 Scout Rally at Alexandra Palace last Saturday was
a most impressive and thrilling demonstration. Organized as a " Posse of Welcome " to the Prince of Wales as Chief Scout of Wales were 60,000 Wolf Cubs, Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts from all parts of the kingdom. Just before the appearance of the Prince, in proper Scout uniform, Sir Robert Baden-Powell was decorated with the Legion d' How, eur. The Prince inspected the Cubs, Sea Scouts and Boy Scouts in succession, and was greeted in turn by the respective barbaric and symbolistic cries of the orders. The Sea Scouts provided a splendid exhibition of life-saving at sea. But the most moving event of the meeting was the charge of 36,000 yelling Scouts up a slope to where the Prince stood to receive them. In the even more impressive silence which followed immediately the Prince made a speech which must have appealed deeply to the boys. Ho was also invested with the highest distinction the Scouts can give—the badge of the Silver Wolf.
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